A predictive model for venous ulceration in older adults: Results of a retrospective cohort study

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 60-66

  Takahashi, Paul Y ^a   Chandra, Anupam ^b   Cha, Stephen S ^b   Crane, Sarah J ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VARICOSIS; VARICOSE ULCER;

AGED; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 77952122348     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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